Indigenous practices for the control and treatment of ailments in Zimbabwe's village poultry

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 257-

  Masimba, E S ^a   Mbiriri, D T ^a   Kashangura, M T ^a   Mutibvu, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Ethnoveterinary medicine; Indigenous poultry; Medicinal plants; Poultry diseases; Rural households

Indexed keywords

EID: 83255164758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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